Motion picture and sound film



MOTION PICTURE AND SOUND FILM Original Filed June 17, 1929 gwwntoz ED219 21 F. Eulz an.

Patented Nov. 10, 1931 UNITED s'rArss PATENT OFFICE ALBERT I. SULZEB, Of'ROOHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EASTMAN KODAK COI- PANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK MOTION PICTURE AND SOUND FILE Orlflnal application filed June 17, 1929, Serial No. 371,351. Divided and this application tiled July 15,

. 1929. Serial No. 878,331.

This invention relates to hotographic film for use in the synchronized reproduction of sound and motion pictures from the same photographic record.

{5 In a patent of LoydA. Jones, No. 1,769,518, granted July 1, 1930, there are disclosed a series of films tinted over the entire picture and sound track or-sound record areas with tints of such character that the transmission 10 therethrough is uniform and of such character as to operate a photoelectric cell eficiently. It frequently happens that it is desirable to combine such tinted film with clear sound track film, that is film having an un- 15 tinted'sound track with tinted picture areas with. the result that at the transition from the section of tintedtosuchclear sound track film there is an unpleasant sound volume variation. This type of film is shown in my Pat- 90 out No. 1,717,815 granted June 18, 1929.

In accordance with the present invention it is proposed to apply to the sound record portion onl of such clear sound track film, material, w 'ch has substantially the same :5 transmission characteristics as the tinted film. The material may be applied as a dye to the film or be incor orated in the material of the support or emu sion layer. In accordance with another feature of the invention it is roposed to apply to the sound track or recrd portion of a film, a strip of flexible ma terial bearing a dye layer or other suitable medium whereb the transmission through the sound record and the strip are substantially the same as that of tinted film.

For a clearer understanding of the invention reference is made to the drawings in which Fig. 1 shows a strip of film formed of a section of tinted film spliced to a section of normally clear sound track film having its sound trac or record area treated in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 shows a. strip applicable to a clear sound track film to roduce the film of my invention.

n Fig. 1 there is represented a section of film 5 having its picture areas 6 and its sound track or. record area 7 tinted in accordance with the teachings of the mentioned Jones patent. This section is spliced at point 9 W to a section of clear sound track'film' 8 likewise provided with tinted picture areas 10 and a sound track or record area 11. When such a composite strip of film is reproduced, there is an unpleasant sound volume variation in passing from the sound record 7 to the sound record 11 if the latter is clear which 1s due to the fact that the tinted layer over the sound record 7 absorbs more of'the radiations to which the light sensitive cell of the sound reproducing device is responsive than the corresponding sound record area 11. It 1s therefore proposed to apply to the sound record area 11 material which has substantially the same radiation absorbing power as the tinted layer applied to the sound record 7. Stutable material, which may be applied to this sound record, is disclosed in the mentloned patent of Loyd A. Jones and is referred to therein as a pearl tint. When thls pearl tint is used on the sound record 11, it may be applied as a layer of tint by any suitable applicator or tinting roll on either side of the film, preferably on the support side.

' Instead of applying a layer of tint directly to the film there is shown in 2 a modified arrangement in which the transmisslonor radiation absorbing character of this sound record 11 is controlled by applying thereto on either side of the film a stripl2 having a portion 13 treated with suitable material as previously mentioned and adapted to overlap thOSOlllld record and to be adheswely connected to the film section 8. While it is understood that the strip may lnclude only the area 13, it is preferable to provide a margin 12 with a series of perforatlons 14 spaced to register with the perforations 15 of the film section 8. In this way, when the perforations 14 and 15 are in exact reglstry, the strip 13 will coincide. exactly with the sound record 11. thatthe strips such as 13 of the form shown in Fig. 2 may be produced and sold as a separate article of manufacture so that motion picture producers may pre are untinted film whereby the sound recor portion thereof may ha-ye the same sound re roducing characteristics as the record 7 o the tinted film section shown in section 6.

It is intended a preciably This application is a division of my application, Serial No. 371,351, filed June 17 {1929, It is obvious that numerous embodiments are possible and I contemplate as included in my invention all such modifications and equivalents as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is: q

1. A photographic film having uniformly colored picture areas and a sound record area with uncolored material of uniform density m to modi the sound reproducing characteristics thereof.

2. A strip of motion picture film havin icture areas and sound record area adapte or use with film having auniformly tinted layer coextensive with its picture and sound record area's, said st'ri having its picture areas uniformly colore and its sound record area having ap lied thereto a uniform material having di erent color transmission characteristics than the picture area and having the same sound reproducin characteristics. as the film with which it is a apted for use.

3. A film strip for the simultaneous reproduction of motion pictures in a single color with audible accom animent and comprising a trans arent flexi le support having upon a one sur ace a photographlc emulsion, a longi tudinally extending area ofsaidfilmstrigcom- {gising the greater part of the width t ereof mg uniformly colored and constituting a series of motion (picture fields and a second, narrow, longitu inally extending area havng apiplied uniformly thereto material havmg di erent light transmitting ualities than the picture area, and said secon are'a constitutinia sound record "area.

4. film stri for the simultaneous reproduction of motlon pictures in a single color with audible accom animent and comprising a trans rent flexi 10 support having u on one sur ace a photographic emulsion, a ongitudinally extending area of said film stri comprising the greater part of the widt thereof being umformly colored and constitutln'g a series of motion picture fieldsyand a second, narrow longitudinally extending area with uncolor'ed material of uniform density a plied thereto and constituting a sound recor area.

Signed at Rochester, New York, this 6th day of July, 1929.

. ALBERT F. SULZER.

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